Today’s hazy atmosphere made it possible to see the sun spots. It pretty much stayed like this for half the day. I thought those spots came from my camera at first. I never tried zooming into the sun when it was really bright, but today, it sorta looked like the …
Astronomy
Election Day Eclipse
Full Beaver Moon The moon was nowhere to be found just before full eclipse in my region. The clouds completely “eclipsed” the eclipse when the moon was supposed to turn red around 2:16-2:30 AM. Bummed out, but not too bad since I did already see a red one back in …
Rocks From Outer Space
Almost a year ago, The Economist mentioned in a video concerning 2021, “While much of next year will be focused on protecting the world from dangers on Earth, some scientists will be focusing on how to defend the planet from threats in outer space.” NASA was going to launch “the …
Partial Lunar Eclipse: Nearly Over
Without a tripod and the clouds were moving fast in Oregon. Taken 27 minutes before the Partial Lunar eclipse was over, Nov 19 at 2:47:04 AM according to the data in timeanddate. That’s the bald humongous tree in the backyard. 24 minutes before the eclipse ended. I missed the reddish …